Huge machines have turned acres of old hills, dales and putting greens into table-flat building sites, and crews have put up steel and concrete this summer at the biggest of seven major land-development projects in Berks County.

Urban living is booming across the nation.

With its mix of upscale apartments and expansive commercial space spread throughout a former mill complex, Silk at 13th and Bushkill streets is filling up its available spots with tenants and creating a mini-city in Easton.

Construction has begun on a new Lightbridge Academy in Upper Macungie Township. The early education child care center is the third in the Lehigh Valley and is under the same ownership as the location in Bethlehem Township.

Diamond Credit Union has started construction on its planned Muhlenberg Township location. It will open the branch, its seventh, in October 2019.

Calling it a way to ensure the revitalization in downtown Allentown benefits those who live in the downtown and not just the businesses, City Center Investment Corp., the driver behind much of the recent development, is adopting a school in the city’s downtown.

Before a group of commercial real estate professionals embarked on a tour of Gateway at Greenway Park in South Bethlehem Wednesday morning, the developer spoke about the project's potential for rejuvenating the business district.

The Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority is considering building a hotel with upscale restaurants on land it owns at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.